West Ham fans will get a sense of the players' new manager Graham Potter is most keen on now that his first starting line-up since taking the job has been announced with Lukasz Fabianski back in the side.
Potter was appointed officially on Thursday morning after the sacking on Wednesday of Julen Lopetegui.
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Thursday was Potter’s first day of training with the Hammers, before his reign properly gets underway with tonight’s FA Cup third round tie against Aston Villa at Villa Park.
The big news is that Fabianski does feature, after the veteran sat out for 10 days in accordance with Premier League concussion protocol following a head injury. Alphonse Areola had been playing in the Pole’s stead.
Emerson suffered an injury in the final training session before Saturday’s 4-1 defeat to Manchester City, which proved to be Lopetegui’s final match in charge. The Italian could does not feature as Oliver Scarles gets the nod.
Centre-back Jean-Clair Todibo misses out which means Konstantinos Mavropanos is partnered by Max Kilman on central defence.
Longer-term injuries rule Michail Antonio and club captain Jarrod Bowen out. Though the front four should excite supporters as Crysencio Summerville, Lucas Paqueta and Mohammed Kudus are in support of Niclas Fullkrug.
Potter is a tactically flexible manager, with West Ham having tended to play 4-2-3-1 under both Lopetegui and, before that, David Moyes.
West Ham XI (4-2-3-1): Fabianski, Wan-Bissaka, Mavropanos, Kilman, Scarles, Alvarez, Soucek, Paqueta, Kudus, Summerville, Fullkrug
Subs: Foderingham, Coufal, Cresswell, Casey, Rodríguez, Irving, Soler, Luis Guilherme, Ings
